An Old Man and His Grandson, c.1490 by Domenico Ghirlandaio
Canvas Print - 3861-GHD
Location: Louvre Museum, Paris, FranceOriginal Size: 62 x 46 cm
Giclée Canvas Print | $56.06 USD
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Painting Information
Nothing in the picture detracts from the tenderness of the child nestled in the arms of what is probably his grandfather. He is ill with rhinophyma, which the painter Domenico Ghirlandaio (1449-1494) renders with incredible accuracy. It is striking how the old man, deformed by the disease, contemplates with pity the beauty and innocence of his grandson, the child with the blond curls. In a space that opens to the outside world through an unreal landscape, old age and youth meet in a silent dialogue where only the intensity of the gaze matters.
The grandfather is perhaps the then director of the Medici bank, Francesco Sasetti (1420-1490). His name is associated with the decoration of the funeral chapel of the church of Santa Trinita in Florence. He belonged to the leading class of bankers, merchants and bourgeois who made Florence one of the most flourishing European cities in the 15th century.
The Louvre acquired the portrait in 1880. At the time, it was damaged - mysterious scratches were visible on the old man's forehead, left eye and nose. The painting was restored in 1995: the nicks were merged with the skin tone so as not to disturb the eye.
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